READ & THEN READ BACKWARDS Sin killed Jesus Lust kills love Fear kills faith Anger kills gratitude Laziness kills purpose Distraction kills focus TRUTH Jesus killed sin Love kills lust Faith kills fear Gratitude kills anger Purpose kills laziness Focus kills distraction BE THE STANDARD S = Set the example T = Teach & Train for purpose, with purpose & with intentionality A = Accountability every day with exactitude N = Never accept less or substandard from anyone D = Disciplin

More and more Christians are entering what they call “deconstruction.”  They are walking away from churches, questioning doctrines and re-examining everything they were taught. And many believers respond with panic, anger, or condemnation.  I figured out that it isn’t rebellion like many believe.  For most, this is a cry for help.  Because they did all the things. They attended the services.  They served on the teams.  They memorized the creeds.  They performed on the stages.

This is an interesting topic.  I grew up with a father, my pastor, and the builder of this church, who worked 3 jobs.  I don’t think he slept.  When he passed away and I took over the helm here I had the responsibility to look through all of the books and assess the financial status of the church.  The most I ever saw he made from the church corporation was $12,000 in one specific year when the church board voted to give him a stipend.  He had a wife and four kids, and only

This has plagued me for decades because I saw the loss of mankind over the years and has inverted in a dangerous manner.  Our nation, as well as the church, is losing the masculine male role model.  The skinny-suit wearing metro-sexual, liberal male (if that can even be defined by a Supreme Court justice or medical professional in front of Congress & America) is the desired characteristic by the progressive feminist. Let’s fairly, logically, and equitably analyze this for yo

Politics and religion are uniquely connected as they both choose to use a philosophy as a foundation—one is divine & the other is manmade.  What we are seeing grow in America as well as the church is alarming.  This gnostic and hermetic thought process was first introduced formally by Karl Marx to the masses in his theories—he was fully immersed in it.  He was able to wrap all this nicely with Hegel and what evolved was Theosophical Statism.  And this is where we get our “COE

Why does the Left call Conservatives “Racist”?  This is a serious and genuine question.  Because that word is a heavy accusation to throw around.  It’s not casual.  It’s not harmless.  And It’s not just another political insult.  It is a character assassination intending to harm the image of the person.  When you call someone a racist, you’re not just saying you disagree with them politically…You are saying they are morally corrupt.  Dangerous.  Bigoted.  And you are condemni

Sometimes I feel like I’m going a little crazy and feel the need to self-assess & re-level the bubbles for target accuracy as every good mortarman knows.  For the machine gunners, as you are the toughest, strongest, and quite frankly dumbest ones in the bunch—sometimes the T&E gets a little loose—you know what I mean.  I constantly do the grunt work of fully understanding what I believe, why I believe it, and the impact it has on my life.  Why others don’t do this, I don’t kn

I’ve never met one.  Angry.  Screeching.  Screaming.  Always on edge.  There seems to be something to protest all of the time.  I guess if blue-collar men ever did a protest and looting session, we’d hit Home Depot for tools, and then Bed, Bath & Beyond to get sweet smelling candles, towels, and throw pillows for our wives—that’s how real men think.  This whole movement began with the lie of empowering women.  A lie.  The harsh reality is that it never empowered anyone.  The

1. A cross on a website doesn’t mean legitimacy.  I learned—expensively—that impressive seals, Latin mottos, and “Grand” titles are easy to design and hard to verify. Provenance matters. Paper trails matter. Silence when you ask hard questions matters even more. 2. Titles are currency, i.e. reverend, pastor, father, congressman, mayor—and some people print their own money.  If promotions come fast, unearned, or conveniently timed after donations… that’s not Christian. That’s

First of all, I have been trying to study what the Bible says, if anything, about immigration. I want to try to follow what God says about any subject versus a political party, pundit, or individual looking for followers. And certainly, there’s always the chance that whatever is said gets viewed through someone’s personal filters and taken in unintended ways. What’s said below seems Biblically accurate as far as what I’ve been able to discern. If you have insight otherwise, p

This is a Godless religion of self-hatred and loathing and definitely NOT freedom under Christ.  This religion teaches that the patriarchy is to blame for everything.  It has allowed emotional feminism into the church.  This religion teaches to hate yourself and be immersed in guilt because you are white, and teaches all minorities that they aren’t good enough to be self-sufficient—so bow at the altar of equity provided by the new god called government.  Churches have altere

Politicians, preachers/priests, and the media twist our words to give words or phrases double meaning.  Equal opportunity = preferential treatment.  Compassion = using our tax dollars to buy votes and fund programs.  Non-judgmental = blame society for everything while absolving individuals of responsibility.  When the progressive left labels something as being “dismissive” they actually mean it is in regard to an argument they can’t refute but won’t admit.  Any situation they

The woke ideology & theology always sounds so grand and noble—compassion, justice, equality, & progress.  Yet, this begs the question “progress to what?”  No one in this group seems to desire to do the thoughtful work of the process and simply wants to receive the fruits of other people’s labor.  I find that progressive ideas are like virtues as the woke just keep playing with them and they get more difficult to identify.  This turns into dialectics—a fusion of the thesis wit

NEVER CONFUSE A MANAGER WITH A LEADER I’ve never managed a thing in my life—my money, my underwear drawer, my missing socks, my toenails…nope, definitely NOT a manager…never have been.  Neither has my wife—she leads with vigor, intellect, and enthusiasm.  When I got promoted to Colonel they told me “do no harm,” “make no waves,” just manage the status quo.  SISSIES.  Managers maintain things.  As a pastor I have tons of things to maintain… structure, cleanliness, lawn care,

As you well know by now, I stay true to my morals & ethics as a Christian.  If I am to call myself a Christian, then I MUST be a Christian.  I think it is important to analyze just what that means and what the Scripture tells us.  Of course, I believe in natural law in that God imbues us with certain natural ethics and codes.  In Christianity we have the following sins that we are to deny: pride, envy, wrath, sloth, greed, gluttony, and lust.  And we as Christians have the fo

“Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, to speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.” ‭‭Titus‬ ‭3‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭KJV‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ Hello, my friend… I was just having a conversation with a couple of friends a bit ago and the topic of peoples’ attitudes came up. There is so much stress in the world right now, so much anger and division, so much distrust that we ha

“Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” (Isaiah 40:30, 31) Hello, my friend… Today my soul is weary. I didn’t used to understand that statement, but now I do. I have grown tired. Tired of the charade of life. Tired of trying to be strong for everyone. Tired of

FOR THOSE PTSD BROTHERS & SISTERS I deal with this EVERY DAY with my veteran brothers & sisters, and SO many others in counsel…& yes, I know, it can be debilitating…triggers, micro-aggressions, nonsense bull crap, stuff….tons of junk in your attic…life stuff.  I’ve learned a few things over time , study and deep analysis. One, take responsibility for the part YOU play in the scenario.  You can’t play the blame game as that is the weakness that you most despise.  Blaming every

SELF CRITIQUE Sometimes I feel like I’m going a little crazy and feel the need to self-assess & re-level the bubbles for target accuracy as every good mortarman knows.  For the machine gunners, as you are the toughest, strongest, and quite frankly dumbest ones in the bunch—sometimes the T&E gets a little loose—you know what I mean.  I constantly do the grunt work of fully understanding what I believe, why I believe it, and the impact it has on my life.  Why others don’t do th

There is a great disconnect between mankind & God.  Societal norms & trends stand opposed to the constraints & restraints from God’s direction in our lives.  Material wealth & sex, two very physical factors drive a wedge in how we live as Christians.  Material possessions, stuff, random ideologies perpetuated by the media, social media, politics, and society have completely caused the great divide & we have been too stupid to see it happen.  This is mainly because as a church